Embed YouTube Block – Fast Loading Videos, Shorts & Playlists vs Content Views – Post Grid & Filter (Shortcode, Blocks, Elementor Widgets)

The default embed block for YouTube videos sucks. It slows down your site. The more videos on the page the more it slow. This single-block plugin fixes that. Why this block is better than the default one: Instead of loading the entire iframe, only the video thumbnail is loaded, resulting in significant performance improvements Ability to play multiple different videos as a custom playlist or input a playlist ID to play the whole playlist Ability to use a custom image as the video thumbnail Ability to set a custom aspect ratio value for displaying any kind of YouTube videos Ability to loop continuously once it finishes playing Ability to show related videos from the same channel as the initial video Automatically load the video title as the caption The same UI as the default core/embed, and you can use the video title as the caption of the block with one click It can be transformed from/to the core embed block. Automatically convert all default core embed YouTube blocks to this block with one line of code. This plugin also provides a PHP API for developers to render a YouTube video URL as this block; or to automatically transform core/embed YouTube videos into this block. The simplest example is: better_youtube_embed_block_render_block( ['url' => 'https://youtu.be/paSXmpHU9K4'] ); The example with all the parameters is: better_youtube_embed_block_render_block( [ 'url' => 'https://youtu.be/paSXmpHU9K4', 'aspectRatio' => '16/9', 'isMaxResThumbnail' => false, 'thumbnailFormat' => 'jpg', 'caption' => 'My awesome video', 'caption_kses' => false, 'customThumbnail' => 'https://example.com/bg.jpg', 'settings' => ['loop' => 1, 'rel' => 0], 'echo' => false, ] ); To automatically transform all core/embed YouTube videos on your site to this block, you need to put the following code to the wp-config.php file or your theme/plugin: define('BYEB_SPEED_UP_YOUTUBE_VIDEOS', true); or add_filter( 'byeb_speed_up_youtube_videos', '__return_true' ); On iOS, browsers like Safari and Chrome require two clicks to play videos. If you want to allow users to play videos with a single click, you need to add the following code to the wp-config.php file or your theme/plugin: define('BYEB_FORCE_IFRAME_ON_UNSUPPORTED_BROWSERS', true); Please check out this page to see how fast it helps. The page contains around 30 embedded YouTube videos but they don’t slow down the page. If this plugin is useful for you, please do a quick review and rate it on WordPress.org to help us spread the word. I would very much appreciate it. Please check out my other plugins if you’re interested: Content Blocks Builder – Build custom layouts and blocks visually in the Block Editor without needing a code editor, using only core blocks and native Gutenberg features. Meta Field Block – A single block to display custom fields in the Block Editor without coding. It supports ACF, MetaBox, WooCommerce, meta, rest field, shortcode and more. Works everywhere: in the Site Editor (FSE), the Block Editor, inside Query Loop, WooCommerce Product Collection, Term Query blocks, and even in template files. SVG Block – A block to display SVG images as blocks. Useful for images, icons, dividers, and buttons. It allows you to upload SVG images and load them into the icon library. Icon separator – A tiny block just like the core/separator block but with the ability to add an icon. Breadcrumb Block – A simple breadcrumb trail block that supports JSON-LD structured data and is compatible with WooCommerce. Block Enhancements – Adds practical features to blocks like icons, box shadows, transforms, etc. Counting Number Block – A block to display numbers with a counting effect The plugin is developed using @wordpress/create-block.

Content Views is the most popular grid plugin to create stunning Blogs, News, Personal, Portfolio, Business, and Shop sites. Easy to display posts, pages, custom post types, images, and taxonomy terms in attractive grid, list, slider, accordion, pinterest, timeline, overlay, and more. Show recent posts, category posts, tag posts, author posts, posts by keyword, posts by custom field, posts by date, etc. effortlessly. Classic editor friendly & Gutenberg block editor ready & Elementor supported! See Live Demo | Content Views Pro | Documentation | Support 🏆 SHORTCODE FOR CLASSIC EDITOR AND PAGE BUILDERS Content Views provides a powerful shortcode feature to work with the Classic editor and page builders in 2 simple steps: Step 1: Create a View Start by creating a View where you can query and sort any posts, pages, custom post types by category, tag, taxonomy, custom field, post ID, post title, date, author, etc. You can select from 20 layouts that fit your needs, customize and style them with many options. You can also choose and import from our library of 76 stunning pre-made designs (read more). Step 2: Add Shortcode Add the created view shortcode to the Classic editor, page builder, widget, or anywhere you want to display your post grid. 🏆 BLOCKS & PATTERNS FOR BLOCK EDITOR Content Views extends the Block Editor with 16 advanced blocks and 76 prebuilt patterns to help you build WordPress websites faster and more professionally: 💎 16 GUTENBERG POST BLOCKS Content Views adds 16 amazing and feature-rich blocks to help you display WordPress posts, pages, custom post types stunningly. Using our awesome Gutenberg blocks plugin, you can build and show website content with endless customization options: Different blocks for different kinds of content/sections/websites Various post block layouts to provide you more design choices Advanced post query filters to control block content Built-in responsive settings in blocks Advanced typography settings Google fonts supported in blocks 💎 76+ READY GUTENBERG BLOCK PATTERNS & TEMPLATES To save your time and help you to build faster in the WordPress Block editor, we created a collection of 76+ stunningly designed Gutenberg block patterns and templates that you can explore and import to the Block editor with just a few clicks. You can customize these post block patterns & templates easily in the way you want with numerous block options. You can use our pre-designed post block templates to build a complete page in just a few minutes. You also can combine the post block patterns in your own way to create unique design for your WordPress website. 🏆 WIDGETS FOR ELEMENTOR PAGE BUILDER If you use the Elementor page builder, our plugin will enhance your Elementor experience with 16 advanced widgets for Elementor to showcase your posts, pages, custom post types, media files in stunning layouts (grid, list, slider, timeline, and many more). Each of our widgets for Elementor is a different way to show your content. All widgets are fully customizable with many useful and friendly options (to control what to show, and how to show): Powerful query controls for each widget Many layout and display options to completely control the output Advanced style settings to customize typography, color, padding, border, etc. With our plugin, you can build websites with the Elementor page builder so much faster and easier. 🏆 TOP FEATURES 💎 MULTIPLE LAYOUTS FOR ANY KIND OF WEBSITES We provide various attractive & responsive layouts for different types of websites and purposes. Pick one from our beautiful grid, list, slider/carousel, pinterest, masonry, timeline, glossary, accordion layouts that fits your need, and then customize it as you want with many flexible settings and options. Content Views is proud of helping bloggers, business/shop owners, companies, religious communities, universities, and government departments to show and build their WordPress websites content amazingly and efficiently. 💎 POWERFUL QUERY FILTERS Our shortcodes/blocks/widgets provide many options to help you query, filter, search, and sort any posts, pages, custom post types easily. Post Type Select one or multiple post types in your website including post, page, custom post types, media/attachment. Taxonomy Filter posts by categories, tags, custom taxonomy terms easily. Common Include, exclude specific posts by post ID or post title. You also can set post offset, and amount of posts to show. Sort/order By default, it sorts posts by published date to show recent posts or latest posts. You can change it to sort posts by modified date, post title, post ID, random order, menu order, and more. Filter posts by keyword Easy to find your posts by custom keyword that appears in post title, post content, post excerpt. Filter posts by author Find posts created by or not created by specific post authors and current logged-in author. Filter posts by status Display published posts, scheduled posts, private posts, or posts with another status easily with this feature. Filter posts by published date Display posts published today, yesterday, this week/month/year, within a custom date range. Filter Sticky Post (PRO) Hide sticky posts, show them at top, or show only sticky posts. Restrict posts by membership (PRO) Help you to show posts to only allowed members of membership plugins such as Members, MemberMouse… Filter posts by custom field (PRO) Filter your posts by one or multiple custom fields easily & quickly. It supports ACF, Meta Box, and other custom field plugins. 💎 ADVANCED FRONT-END FILTER (PRO) If you are looking for a truly powerful front-end filter or faceted search for your website, then this feature is for you. You can help your website visitors to find any posts, pages, custom post types easily by showing category, tag, custom taxonomy, custom field as filtering options in various formats such as dropdowns, checkboxes, radios, date ranges, number sliders, buttons. Also, you can show text search field, and sorting options by post date, post title, custom field. Furthermore, you can customize style of these filters, change their appearance order, etc. And you can show the filters above or beside the post grid. See Front-End Filter Demo 💎 AJAX & NORMAL PAGINATION Our plugin provides both normal and AJAX pagination. AJAX pagination will retrieve posts without reloading the page, using 3 different pagination styles including ajax numeric pagination, ajax load more, and ajax infinite scroll. It is easy to enable/disable pagination in our post grid. See Pagination Demo 💎 REPLACE THEME LAYOUT (PRO) Our special Replace Layout feature will help you to display beautiful grid/another layout for posts on below WordPress pages easily, without changing the theme, and no coding required: ✔️ Blog page ✔️ Category page ✔️ Tag page ✔️ Search page ✔️ Author page ✔️ Date page ✔️ Taxonomy, term page 💎 3RD-PARTY INTEGRATIONS & COMPATIBILITY Content Views seamlessly integrates with a wide range of plugins: WooCommerce: show products in beautiful layouts. Easily filter products by price, categories, tags, attributes, visibility. And show sale, best-selling, featured, top-rated products with one single click (see demo). The Events Calendar: filter events by categories, tags, start/end date, etc. and show events & their information in grid/list easily (see demo). Advanced Custom Fields, Meta Box, Pods: filter posts by custom fields, and show custom field for each post in the post grid (see demo). WPML, Polylang: display translated posts, pages, custom posts, taxonomies, custom fields automatically in our layouts. Membership plugins: show posts to only allowed members of Members, Paid Memberships Pro, MemberPress… Yoast SEO, Rank Math: filter posts by primary category, and show only primary category as meta output in the post grid. 🏆 AND MANY MORE GREAT FEATURES Here are some other great features that Content Views offers: 100% mobile-friendly shortcodes, blocks, and widgets Complete control over block content, layout and style Border, color, background, margin, padding settings Change the html tag, length of post title in the post grid Change post content/excerpt source, length Change post image size, styles in shortcodes, blocks, and widgets Lazy loading for images in the post grid Show post comment count Show post author name, avatar Show post category, post tag, post taxonomy in custom position Show post date in custom format Post meta field selection, position and styling Change the post link target attribute Social sharing buttons for each post in the post grid SEO and speed optimization for all shortcodes, blocks, and widgets Display advertisements between posts in the post grid Reusing the shortcode with extra parameters Right to Left (RTL) support Customizable output with many hooks 🏆 LIST OF SHORTCODE LAYOUTS, GUTENBERG BLOCKS, AND WIDGETS FOR ELEMENTOR All shortcodes/blocks/widgets support posts, pages, custom post types, media files and come with a lot of options to customize. Here is the key feature of each layout/block/widget: Grid Post – This post grid displays your posts in a beautiful standard grid layout List Post – This post list displays your posts in a list with post image on the left/right Pinterest – This post layout displays your posts in a modern stacking grid that looks like Pinterest.com Collapsible Post – This post layout displays your posts in a layout that can expand or collapse post content. It is a perfect choice for FAQ page or a narrow section Scrollable Post – This post layout displays your posts in a carousel/slider layout with navigation, indicator and autoplay to explore more posts easily Timeline – This post layout displays your posts in a classic Timeline layout like Facebook Big Post 1 – This post layout displays one big post above other small posts. Big post and small posts can be customized separately Big Post 2 – This post layout displays one big post beside other small posts. Big post and small posts can be customized separately Post Overlay 1 – This post grid displays a beautiful grid layout with overlay over post image Post Overlay 2 – This custom post grid has one post showing beside other stacked posts, and overlay enabled Post Overlay 3 – This advanced post grid displays one post beside 3 other posts (shown in 2 rows), with text overlay Post Overlay 4 – This post grid shows one post next to 3 other posts (shown in 2 columns), and overlay for image Post Overlay 5 – This new post grid has one post beside 4 other posts (shown in a 2×2 grid), with overlay enabled Post Overlay 6 – This custom post grid shows one post above other posts (shown in columns), with overlay on image Post Overlay 7 – This post grid has one post next to & above other posts, and overlay over the image Post Overlay 8 – This modern post grid shows 2 posts and 4 other posts in an advanced grid, with text overlay